Measuring tape for directly determining physical treatment and physiological values

Abstract

A measuring tape (10) has indicia thereon for measuring a patient, the indicia representing increments of a physical treatment or physiological value based upon a correlation between the length of a patient and that value. Drug dosages, tube sizes and medical equipment settings, such as defibrillators, are examples of the type of values which can correlated to body length and placed on the tape (10).

I claim: 
     
       1. A measuring tape for measuring the heel-to-crown height of a patient, said measuring tape having indicia thereon representing increments of a physical treatment value based upon a direct correlation between the heel-to-crown height of a patient and that treatment value. 
     
     
       2. A measuring tape according to claim 1, wherein the indicia on said tape comprises drug dosages correlated to heel-to-crown height. 
     
     
       3. A measuring tape according to claim 2, wherein the indicia on said tape comprises medical equipment sizes. 
     
     
       4. A measuring tape according to claim 3, wherein the indicia on said tape comprises joules for defibrillation machine settings correlated to heel-to-crown height. 
     
     
       5. A measuring tape according to claim 1, wherein the indicia on said tape comprise endotracheal tube sizes correlated to heel-to-crown height. 
     
     
       6. A measuring tape according to claim 1, wherein said tape comprises a flexible strip retractable and extensibly mounted within an enclosure. 
     
     
       7. A measuring tape according to claim 6, wherein said enclosure is stationarily mounted at a fixed position on a body supporting surface for permitting the tape to be extended for measuring a body and then retracted into the enclosure for storage. 
     
     
       8. A measuring tape according to claim 1, wherein said tape is affixed permanently in its elongated position along the length of a body supporting surface for permitting the tape to be visually referred to in relation to a body lying on the surface without manipulation.